Quick Step rider recovered from Tour de France crash sooner than expected Quick Step’s Tom Boonen has recovered from injuries sustained in a crash in the Tour de France sooner than expected, and will line up at the start of [...]
Leopard Trek brothers confirm that one will sacrifice himself for the other in order to win the Tour de FranceFränk and Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) have confirmed that, if necessary, one of them will sacrifice himself for the other if [...]
Tour favourite admits he’s not as fresh as in the Giro d’Italia but blames stage one crash for putting him out of current contentionAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) has admitted that he may not be able to rely on his time [...]
Irishman looking for early movesNicolas Roche has vowed to fight back after losing a chunk of time on Saturday, saying that he will ride aggressively in the remaining days of the Tour de France. The Irish Ag2r La Mondiale rider [...]
Controversy amongst the sprinters after the first big mountainsNobody was able to overpower the team and sprint of Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) in stage fifteen of the Tour de France today, but several riders have shown they're making progress as they [...]
Controversial Kazakh forced to make decision early after injuries sustained in Tour de France crashThe Astana team’s controversial figurehead Alexandre Vinokourov has announced his retirement from professional cycling, according to l’Equipe. The 37-year-old Kazakh reportedly made the statement on French [...]
Manx Missile takes Highroad’s fiftieth Grand Tour stageMark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) won the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France between Limoux and Montpellier in a close sprint finish. The Manx Missile took his fourth stage of the race, and nineteenth [...]
The Astana team has paid tribute to its leader Alexandre Vinokourov, who confirmed on Sunday that he is retiring from professional cycling, effective immediately. “I think I won’t back on a bike as a professional. I'll stop now,” he told [...]
Team says return to racing depends on healing processFollowing Gert Steegmans' (Quick Step) abandon in this year's Tour de France and subsequent x-rays in Pau, France revealing a broken scaphoid bone in his left wrist, the sprinter underwent surgery at [...]
HTC Highroad rider aiming to take his fourth stage win todayWith a bunch sprint expected at the end of today’s stage to Montpellier, Mark Cavendish is the rider that most will be watching. He’s grabbed three sprint wins thus far [...]
Psychological games amongst race favorites continueAlberto Contador came in with the group of the race favorites in today's stage of the Tour de France to Plateau de Beille, conceding only two seconds to Andy Schleck. Battered by crashes in the [...]
History repeats itself as Thomas Voeckler holds on to yellow on the Pyrénéen summit After being denied a stage victory two days before on the climb to Luz-Ardiden, Jelle Vanandert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) won the fourteenth stage of the Tour de [...]
Dutch star to keep fighting for successRobert Gesink says he won’t quit the Tour de France and will keep fighting, despite enduring a crash-filled first week while also seeing his overall victory hopes dashed on the Col Du Tourmalet. Up [...]
Asphalt day for Jens Voigt slightly changes team's planAndy Schleck of the Leopard Trek team put in a strong move inside the final kilometer in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, finishing atop the Plateau de Beille. But [...]
Can it be possible that we’re about to see the first French Tour winner in 26 years? Having predicted his own demise on each of the two Pyrénéen mountaintop finishes, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) now seems more entrenched in the yellow [...]
Reports that existing sponsor will stay on boardIt is widely anticipated that tomorrow’s rest day will see an announcement from HTC Highroad in relation to its hunt for a sponsor for 2012 and beyond. Bob Stapleton indicated before the race [...]
Young Aussie hopes to bounce back stronger than ever Travis Meyer (Garmin–Cervélo) has undergone successful surgery on his leg that has stopped him from riding comfortably at a professional level this season. The Australian has had problems with an artery [...]
Quick Step rider no longer getting headachesA little over a week after being forced to abandon the Tour de France, and nine days after hitting his head hard on the tarmac, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has completed his first training [...]
